I have just locked the chickadees in the henhouse for the night and i am taking some time to write a few my thoughts.
I enjoy our chickens soo much. Today they were out and about the yard as usual and doing what they do. They spend time scratching looking for seeds and bugs, digging holes for dust bathing, and exploring.
This brings me to my thoughts on a very controversial subject, corporate chicken and egg farms.
These factory farms are notorious for the mistreatment of the animals.
Lots of vegetarian and vegan groups use this as a reason to support their lifestyles. More power to them
This however is NOT true for those of us who raise chickens in out backyards. Our birds enjoy their lives, they have lots of space while in their henhouse (the room for four chickens is bigger than my own bedroom). They have the run of the yard during the day with plenty of room do as they may. They get plenty of exercise. They have their regular crumbles along with chicken scratch (a corn mixture) as well as raisins, vegetable scraps, yogurt, oatmeal, and numerous other treats, plus all the bugs and worms they can find.
Though i do not think i could eat my chickens, mainly because they are more like pets. But i thank them every day for their wonderful eggs and the hours of joy they give me.
Thanks for reading
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